“Premature end of file” error when Java read and writes XML data files

Question

I have been using JDOM library to read and write XML files through Java Servlets.

Problem is that when I send many requests using AJAX to my servlets which read and

Answer 1

Two possible solutions are:

• Write your files to thename.xml.part and then once done/closed to a rename to thename.xml, which makes the write closer to being atomic -- the reader can't read it until it's surely done so long as it is looking for ".xml" files only.
• or, use a Database, atomicity is what they do.